Sakanoue no Korenori (坂上是則) was a Japanese waka poet of the early Heian period.^[1] His exact dates of birth and death are unknown,^[1][2] but he was a fourth-generation descendant of Sakanoue no Tamuramaro.^[1]

He was one of the Thirty-six Immortals of Poetry^[1][2] and one of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.^[3][4] Forty-one of his poems were ultimately included in the imperial anthologies.^[2]

He was the father of the poet Mochiki (望城, d. 975).^[1][5]

During his own life he was known primarily as a champion kemari player.^[2] On March 2, 905, he and his colleagues kicked a ball 206 times without interruption at the Imperial Court, and were praised by the emperor.^{[citation needed]}

He served as governor of Kaga Province.^[2]

One of his poems was included as No. 31 in Fujiwara no Teika's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:

• Keene, Donald (1999). A History of Japanese Literature, Vol. 1: Seeds in the Heart — Japanese Literature from Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Century. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11441-7.
• McMillan, Peter (2010). One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-14399-8.
• Suzuki, Hideo; Yamaguchi, Shin'ichi; Yoda, Yasushi (2009). Genshoku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Tokyo: Bun'eidō. ISBN 978-4-578-10082-9.

• E-text of his poems in Japanese

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